The suspect is back in court today - Grace Millane: What will happen at murder accused's court appearance?
Thanks for this!
The suspect is back in court today - Grace Millane: What will happen at murder accused's court appearance?
He just pleaded not guilty! Grace Millane: Man accused of murdering British backpacker pleads not guilty
He just pleaded not guilty! Grace Millane: Man accused of murdering British backpacker pleads not guilty
Meh. Not sure why he seems to be getting special treatment. Or maybe he's not; is name suppression usual in NZ?
NZ has carefully managed justice system with a solid history, one which I believe the people of NZ can be proud of. I have no fears that, if the accused is found guilty, he will be held to account within a system that is fair and right.
NZ is near the top of the list on the World Justice Project 2017/18 'Rule of Law' index. New Zealand ranked 7th out of 113 countries, ahead of Canada (9th), Australia (10th), and the UK (11th), United States (19th).
https://worldjusticeproject.org/sit...ments/WJP-ROLI-2018-June-Online-Edition_0.pdf (pg 6-7)
But how are people meant to come forward with potentially vital information, if nobody knows who he is? What if there's another girl who had a narrow escape from him, or felt threatened, or knows he can be violent? He's been charged with Grace's murder, so it's not like he's just a POI or been arrested 'on suspicion of'. Do other countries allow name suppression?
Otago University law professor Mark Henaghan warned there were serious consequences to sharing his identity and said there were important reasons why the accused got suppression in the first place.
"The judge in this case thought there wasn't even an arguable case for suppression but the lawyer - and the lawyer is just doing their job as defence lawyer - said 'I'm going to appeal that'," he says.
"That meant the judge was stuck with suppression."
My concern is that he will likely only get 17 years in prison so he will be out in his 40s which gives him the chance to kill another young woman.
In Sweden it's very unusual that the name of a suspect is published in the newspapers before they have been sentenced. It's not a real name suppression as it's possible for anyone who wants are allowed to get the information (the name and for what) when a person has been arrested for a crime as that's part of public information. But the names are usually not published in the media until after the trail, and the sentencing./snip/ Do other countries allow name suppression?
Does anyone here have an inkling of who this man might be?
Does anyone here have an inkling of who this man might be?
@JerseyGirlAlso:
"Justice Moore continued the man's interim name suppression until either an appeal was filed or abandoned by the man's lawyer, Ian Brookie. "